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He comments on macroeconomic, political and business issues in asia, and has written for a variety of publications, including the economist and the straits times. Sudhir thomas vadaketh singapore professional profile. Pingtjin thum the collection of essays suggests that a farreaching and radical rethinking of the countrys policies and institutions is necessary, even if it weakens the very consensus that enabled singapore to. Challenging the singapore consensus, edited by sudhir thomas vadaketh and donald low is published by national university of singapore press.
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